How to Help the Community as a Family

Posted on May 1, 2018

We were recently invited together with a group of families by Scooby-Doo and generationOn to #DooGood, they are on a mission to get kids, parents, and fans involved in helping our communities. I was very, very excited because this is actually something I had been wondering about for a while: How to help the community as a family?

THE DAY STARTED WITH A MYSTERY

Just as it always starts for Scooby-Doo and the Gang, a Mystery to solve! So, we all road the Mystery Machine to an “unknown” place which ended up being a school in Mid City L.A. There we actually got to meet Scooby-Doo and learn about our project! I don’t know if I was more excited or the kids!! I grew up watching Scooby-Doo and kept making my own Scooby-Doo voices all day, lol!

OUR MISSION FOR THE DAY: TO PLANT AN EDIBLE GARDEN FOR THE SCHOOL

The organization that was there to help us was EnrichLA, they separated us into groups and showed us step-by-step what to do.

We first weeded, added compost and then we added the soil. Then, the most exciting part!! Planting! We were taught to give them love before you plant them, they are beings too and they need love to live and grow. I knew about talking to plants and all that but I’ve never actually hugged and kissed one before planting it!

Our group was in charge of planting tomatoes and peppers. After that, we also planted orange trees! Those were a little harder because you have to dig a bigger hole, but the kids just went for it; Adrian kept shoveling and shoveling and then helped bring the little tree and plant it.

TEACHING BY DOING

While we were doing all this together I was very alert and noticed the kids’ attitudes, expressions, and conversations; oh my goodness, they made me so proud!! Adrian kept saying: Mami, this is really fun! Look Mami, this is the one I planted and asked me to take a picture with it.

We not only learned about planting but we learned about teamwork. When the kids see us, parents, mixing the dirt, weeding, shoveling, they imitate us and feel encouraged and reassured. We also got to decorate our own planter and plant some herbs! I helped decorate a little and then the kids planted some basil and chives, we have at home and Maya has been in charge of watering it. We hope to cook with it pretty soon!

I really want more of this, it feels so good to Doo Good as a family!

HAVING FUN WHILE HELPING

I think that one of the key points for volunteering as a family is to make it fun! Oh, and in our case, lots of snacks too. Keeps the kids happy and in a great mood!

Our day was super special and entertaining because lots of other families were there and of course Scooby-Doo! He was so fun, he kept trying to eat our food while we were having lunch!!

HOW TO START

At the end of the day, helping our community is not hard, you just have to start somewhere, no matter how small.

You can visitScoobyDooGood where you will find a fun toolkit to start with, it has several project ideas that you can do with your family in your own community, there are also badges for kids to collect after they do each project, I find it very fun and engaging. Maya already asked me to start one of the projects, a vertical garden!

I like how Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang are leading the charge in taking the ‘mystery’ out of helping the environment!The only one piece of the puzzle missing is you!Join the Gang in helping solve the world’s environmental challenges with some local volunteering!

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Heather Cranmer

May 3, 2018 at 2:20 pm

I live in the country, but we have things like support your local fire department. It’s in the next town over since ours is so small. We try and buy barbecue tickets from them and things from their bake sale when we can.

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Tim

May 7, 2018 at 5:53 am

We just relocated to Texas, so we don’t really have a footprint here yet. When we were in Nebraska the community got together and cleaned up the local zoo. Our kids really enjoyed that, primarily so they see the animals.